Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Village green

East Ord

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Village green (E49.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: E49.01

Parish: East Ord

Original Location:

On village green.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Materials Used:

Stone cross with marble panels.

Inscription:

a.
Lest We Forget
In revered memory of the men
of Ord Parish
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.
“We feebly struggle,
they in glory shine”.

b.
1939-1945.

Memorial Description:

Cross of Latin type mounted on top of stone column.

This in turn rests on a cairn of stones concreted together, total height approx. 20 feet high (6.1m).

This rests on three concrete steps.

The words “Lest We Forget” are incised above the top panel, directly into the stone work.

There are two marble panels inserted, each 20 inches high x 24 inches wide (51cms x 61cms) bearing the names in sans serif capitals.

The whole is set in a stone compound, approx. 20 feet square (6.1m), with stone pillars and metal poles between to fence the area.

Names:

a. 3 names, ranks and regiments.
b. 8 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Friends of War Memorials (now War Memorials Trust) gave a grant of £150 towards the cost of restoration in 2000. This involved replacing the marble plaque for 1939-45 which had become broken and couldn’t be repaired.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos before restoration: J. Brown; Old postcard: George Nairn

Friends of War Memorials Newsletter No.20 Winter 2003 reports grant.

Sources of quotations
“Lest we Forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“We feebly struggle . . .” : from the hymn For All the Saints who from their labours rest